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improvisation

[im-prov-uh-zey-shuhn, im-pruh-vuh-] / ɪmˌprɒv əˈzeɪ ʃən, ˌɪm prə və- /


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Then things happen and it feels like there is a lot of improvisation and performance.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Through brilliant improvisation, Sindarov pulled out a victory—despite the disadvantage of having the black pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

When movement finally began, it resembled not so much order as managed improvisation.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

With so much left to chance and improvisation, “every day, it could fall apart,” Eisenberg said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Nonetheless, visitors to Andean history note certain ways of doing things that recur in ways striking to the outsider, sometimes in one variant, sometimes in another, like the themes in a jazz improvisation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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